Are the tech executives commissioned as officers in the Army"s Detachment 201: Executive Innovation Corps subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice?

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On June 13, 2025, the U.S. Army commissioned four Silicon Valley executives—Shyam Sankar (Palantir CTO), Andrew Bosworth (Meta CTO), Kevin Weil (OpenAI CPO), and Bob McGrew (Thinking Machines Lab advisor)—as Lieutenant Colonels in the new Detachment 201: Executive Innovation Corps (). Under 10 U.S.C. § 802(a)(3)(A)(i), members of a reserve component on inactive-duty training or during specified training periods are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (). This ensures that these directly-commissioned executives, despite bypassing traditional training, can be court-martialed for UCMJ offenses, even as they outrank career officers.

Are the tech executives commissioned as officers in the Army"s Detachment 201: Executive Innovation Corps subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice?

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